Ewen Mackenzie Stewart Ferguson (born 6 July 1996) is a Scottish

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Amateur career

During his amateur career, Ferguson won the

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in 2013, and is the only player to hold the British Boys title and both the Scottish Boys Matchplay and Strokeplay titles simultaneously. Ferguson was a member of the 2015 Walker Cup Great Britain and Ireland team. In August 2016, he reached the quarter-finals of

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Professional career

Ferguson turned professional in August 2016. In November 2017, Ferguson made the final stage of the European Tour Q-school and finished in 76th place. He then competed full-time on the

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in 2018 and 2019, with a best finish of runner-up at the

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in 2019 and finished 25th in the 2019 Road to Mallorca Challenge Tour rankings. In 2019 he had a best finish on the European Tour of third place in the

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. Covid hit before the start of the 2020 Challenge Tour season and so with a freeze on demotions and promotions from the Challenge Tour and European Tour, Ferguson took advantage of his category and nearly managed to play a full European Tour schedule. Returning to the Challenge Tour in 2021 he was a runner-up three times and had three other top-10 finishes, he finished 8th in the Road to Mallorca Challenge Tour rankings, securing his full

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card for the first time. In March 2022, in only his 37th start, Ferguson claimed his first European Tour victory at the

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. Ferguson won his second European Tour event in August 2022 at the

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. He shot an opening-round 61 to eventually win wire-to-wire. A month later, he finished second at the

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in Denmark; one shot behind

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Amateur wins

*2012 Challenge at Fleming Island, Munster Boys Amateur *2013 Stephen Gallagher Foundation Trophy,

*2014 Scottish Boys Championship, Scottish Boys Strokeplay *2015 Scottish Champion of Champions, Craigmillar Park Open Source:

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (2)

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

Team appearances

Amateur * Boys Home Internationals (representing Scotland): 2012, 2013, 2014 *

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(representing Scotland): 2013, 2014 *

Jacques Léglise Trophy The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has b ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2013 (winners), 2014 (captain, winners) *

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(representing Scotland):

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(winners) *

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(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

(winners) Professional * Hero Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2023

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferguson, Ewen Scottish male golfers European Tour golfers Golfers from Glasgow 1996 births Living people